According to him, Russians have confirmed their trust not only in Russian leader Vladimir Putin, but also in his “vision of Russia.”
“It was not just a vote for Putin, but it was a vote for Russia and the Russian system, for the Russian state, for the Russian people, it was a vote for the future,” RIA Novosti quotes Ritter.
At the same time, he noted that the collective West cannot recognize the success of the Russian elections.
Earlier, Assistant to the American Leader for National Security Jake Sullivan said that the United States will proceed from the fact that Putin is the President of Russia.
Later, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov called the US reaction to Putin’s victory in the presidential elections a verbal balancing act.